wallboard

[wawl-bawrd, -bohrd]

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noun

material manufactured in large sheets for use in making or covering walls, ceilings, etc., as a substitute for wooden boards or plaster.

Origin of wallboard

First recorded in 1905–10; wall + board

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Related Words for wallboard

Sheetrock, drywall, plasterboard, wallboard

Examples from the Web for wallboard

Historical Examples of wallboard

The walls and ceilings were covered with wallboard, properly paneled and carefully and tastefully decorated.
David Lannarck, Midget
George S. Harney
Tabla ang itap-ung sa lungag, Use a piece of wallboard to cover the hole.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan
John U. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for wallboard

wallboard

noun

a thin board made of materials, such as compressed wood fibres or gypsum plaster, between stiff paper, and used to cover walls, partitions, etc

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